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Implacable Im Plak Uh Buhl Play Kuh Adjective Impossible Pacify Appease Latin

The adjective "implacable" means impossible to pacify or appease.

Adjektivet "implacable" betyder omöjlig att blidka eller lugna.

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implacable /im-PLAK-uh-buhl, -PLAY-kuh-/
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Impossible to pacify or appease.

[From Latin placare (to quiet or appease). Ultimately from the Indo-European root plak- (to be flat), which is also the source of fluke, flake, flaw, plead, please, supple, supplicatory, and archipelago. Earliest documented use: 1522.]

"Big issues that pit a single, powerless individual against a vast, implacable adversary have inspired some of his most memorable novels." - Bill Sheehan; Grisham's Latest; The Washington Post; Oct 23, 2012.

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